Build:Weaver - Staff Weaver

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on August 20, 2022 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.

Overview

A long-ranged tempest build for open world farming with a zerg. This build is primarily focused on dealing area damage in group farms and does not function well solo.

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Skill Bar

Staff

Utility

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Ether Renewal
  - if conditions are a problem. Synergizes with
  Arcane Shield
  covering its long channel time.
• Glyph of Elemental Harmony
  - Powerful burst heal.

Utility Skills

• Arcane Wave
  - Good AOE damage especially if running the Arcane variant
• Arcane Blast
  - More single-target damage than
  Arcane Wave
  .
• "Feel the Burn!"
  - More tagging and AOE might
• "Eye of the Storm!"
  - Excellent stunbreak
• Lightning Flash
  - Mobility.

Elite Skills

• Conjure Fiery Greatsword
  - High damage and mobility.
• Glyph of Elementals
  - Summon which deals damage and generates might (Fire) or can provide a frontline if you are solo (Earth).

Specializations

Trait Variants

• Burning Fire
  - if conditions are a problem.
• Zephyr's Boon
  - Fury and swiftness if using aura traits/utilities.
• One with Air
  - Mobility, especially when paired with
  Fresh Air
  .
• Fresh Air
  - More frequent access to
  Overload Air
  and a ferocity boost.
• Unstable Conduit
  - Additional boons when overloading, useful if running
  Zephyr's Boon
  .

Arcane

Replaces fire. Adds defense and utility at the cost of damage.

• Arcane Resurrection
  - Improves revive power in zergs.
• Bountiful Power
  - Use this when running with a group that grants lots of boons.
• Evasive Arcana
  - Provides good defensive abilities on dodging while in
  Water Attunement
  or
  Air Attunement

Equipment

This setup provides high damage and uses gear similar to Build:Tempest_-_Power_DPS, making it a good option for general PVE.

• Ascended gear is not required for open world, exotic works fine.
• Note the second staff is for stacking sigil purposes and is not required.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Marauder - Trades 10% damage for +60% EHP; expensive
• Knight - Defensive (trinkets only)

Runes

• Superior Rune of Vampirism
  - provides a huge increase to sustain in a zerg

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Stamina
  - Extra defense in a zerg
• Superior Sigil of Strength
  - Option for more self Might generation

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• Peppermint Omnomberry Bar
  - farming
• Plate of Truffle Steak
  - DPS
• Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew
  - defense

Utility

• Sharpening Skull
  (and variants) - farming
• Tin of Fruitcake
  /
  Superior Sharpening Stone
  - DPS

Consumable Variants

Food

• Dragon's Breath Bun
  - Damage buff against groups of weaker enemies.
• Fried Golden Dumpling
  - Budget food (if not using
  Superior Sigil of Strength
  ) for added self might generation
• Plate of Steak and Asparagus
  /
  Can of Steak and Asparagus
  - Budget DPS food.

Utility

• Hardened Sharpening Stone
  - Budget DPS utility.

Usage

Damage / Tagging

• Use
  Lava Font
  off cooldown on groups of enemies.
• Use
  Firestorm
  and
  Meteor Shower
  on large, static groups of enemies or bosses.
• Flame Burst
  - Useful for rapidly tagging weaker enemies.
• "Feel the Burn!"
  - Instant cast tagging of nearby enemies (if equipped).
• Arcane Wave
  - Instant cast wide area tagging (If equipped).

Defense & Support

• Burning Retreat
  - Powerful defensive evade and movement skill, can be used in any direction by rotating your character.
• Overload Water
  and
  Healing Rain
  - Significant condition removal to both yourself and allies.
• Geyser
  ,
  Overload Water
  and
  "Wash the Pain Away!"
  - Area healing.
• Sandstorm
  - A large area blind.
• Ice Spike
  ,
  Eruption
  and
  Transmute Earth
  - Can be used on water fields for additional area healing or on fire fields for extra might.

Crowd Control

• Gust
• Static Field
  and
  Unsteady Ground
  - For blocking moving targets (has no effect when the enemy is stationary).
• Frozen Ground
  and
  Shock Wave
  - Soft CC options.
• Crashing Waves
  - From Ice Elemental if equipped.
• Shocking Bolt
  - From Air Elemental if equipped.